4.6 Northstar Swap Project (Page 10/22) copperhens DEC 21, 09:31 PM quote Originally posted by IXSLR8: Nice work. Nice nuances on the valve covers too. I didn't see your response to Will's engine management question. What are you planning to run? Stock or ...like Camaro LS computer and shelby tune? Ah yes sorry. As olejoedad said, a Shelby tune from Sinister Performance. copperhens DEC 21, 09:40 PM I ordered fuel injectors two weeks ago. There were zero tracking updates and Amazon admitted they could be lost. So I ordered a new set last week. The new set came a few days early, today, and guess what? The old set randomly showed up today too. Grr, I hope they’ll refund me for this set when I send it back. Anyway, I installed the fuel injectors, believing it was the last thing before the car could start... And it was! After verifying fuel pressure, the car started right up! I’m so excited, this was such a huge milestone. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/HwY2lLXPkkM Will DEC 22, 09:49 AM Awesome! The first start is always a thrill! Hopefully, all subsequent starts will be thrills as well! sourmash DEC 22, 10:41 AM Sweetness. It's come a long way now. Congrats. You going to add the engine oil cooler setup? Finally found one at our local yard and was surprised to see the stock setup runs through the radiator in an addition to an external oil cooler. Someone said something about there being a 2 bolt filter housing and a 3 bolt one. copperhens DEC 22, 09:50 PM quote Originally posted by Will: Awesome! The first start is always a thrill! Hopefully, all subsequent starts will be thrills as well! I already can’t wait to start it again. I’d like to finish the cooling system first at least. I’m waiting on some parts though. copperhens DEC 22, 09:54 PM quote Originally posted by sourmash: Sweetness. It's come a long way now. Congrats. You going to add the engine oil cooler setup? Finally found one at our local yard and was surprised to see the stock setup runs through the radiator in an addition to an external oil cooler. Someone said something about there being a 2 bolt filter housing and a 3 bolt one. Thanks! I had an oil cooler hooked up that had come with the engine. I was going to mount it under the passenger side quarter, but there’s not a scoop there and it’s already tight so I will have to think on that. I have read about Will’s oil cooler and that ones pretty cool. I just ran a hose to ‘delete’ the cooler, so it could go back on. Currently I don’t have plans for one. copperhens DEC 22, 10:04 PM I am missing the moisture barrier. I don’t believe I mentioned it either but PO cut both lock buttons on so I had to wire new ones on which is why they have heat shrink around them. $8 placemat material from Ace cut to shape and attached with double sided tape. This arm rest doesn’t line up at all with the two bottom bolts in. So I just put in the top bolt and the right bolt and it’s good enough for now. I need a new armrest as this one is beaten up, but am not in a huge rush for it right now. Door panel is installed just to have somewhere to put it. I don’t have enough clips to even just secure one panel so this one sticks up on the bottom. Driver side will have to wait. Old carpet. It’s not very rusty but still a lot of mice droppings. I’ve had the carpet out before but didn’t do a good job cleaning as it was done outside when it was cold. If this car could tell stories... PO obviously ran something over. I’ve known about this for a while but now it’s time to fix it. Also a random hole drilled through the passenger side floorboard towards the from. It’s hard to see unless you look for it, but the driver side has 3 random holes drilled through that need to be patched as well, copperhens DEC 22, 10:09 PM The driver side is in better shape than the passenger side. There’s a mouse nest at the very front of the center console tunnel, and under hvac stuff. Using a grabber tool was taking far too long. There is one 7mm bolt that holds on the bottom part of the hvac, and it slid out and allowed me to reach my hand it. It still was tight but I got the nest out. I did my best to wipe down in there too. The mice must’ve been in there a while as per had drilled down the sides of the console from a seam. This was a gross job. Here is a picture while everything was drying. I used a lot of degreaser to get it nice. I need to now prep all of the holes to be welded, and scuff some paint so I can just hit it with another coat. Then the carpets can go back in. That’s all I did tonight. olejoedad DEC 23, 09:00 AM Looking good! I wonder why the passenger arm rest doesn't line up? They are all the same. copperhens DEC 23, 07:27 PM quote Originally posted by olejoedad: Looking good! I wonder why the passenger arm rest doesn't line up? They are all the same. Even bending it hard it still was hard to line up, and I didn’t want to force it and break it. Even with the two bolts in I can’t really tell anyway as it’s not even wiggly. The car is already looking loads better.